In the image a small bottle of moisturiser can be seen, which she presumably was using to try to soothe her sore knees.

The black and blueness suggests that her routine will involve some kind of floor spins.

Not fair: Denise's dance partner, James, believes she has not done well because the public thinks she is too experienced

Her training seems to be taking its
toll on her though because over the last couple of days she has tweeted
about her exhaustion. She wrote: 'Cream crackered!'

She
also shared a snap of herself taking a quick nap, writing: 'I had a bit
of a cheeky rest during training today when I should have been
practising my steps'

Speaking on the Lorraine show, Denise said: 'We are really excited to make it to the final but it¿s a horrible situation to be in'

Despite regularly topping the leader board Denise has been in the bottom two the last couple of weeks.

Her dance partner believes that this is down to the public's perception of her dance experience.

Speaking
on Lorraine on Tuesday, he said: 'I think certain people keep going on
about the fact that they think she’s had professional dance training,
which she has not.

‘So the
more people talk about it, eventually it sticks in people’s head.
Eventually people start believing it and it’s not true. It’s sad I
think'.

Looking trim: Denise appears to have lost weight and toned up since her time on Strictly Come Dancing

The pretty blonde added: 'Everything
we do on the dancefloor is all credit to James, because we work so hard
and the technical side of things…I didn’t have a clue how to do Latin or
ballroom when I started. I had the worst posture ever.'

Even though she scraped a place in
the final, the mum-of-one is still apprehensive. She added: 'We are
really excited to make it to the final but it’s a horrible situation to
be in. It’s one that everybody on the show dreads.

'We don’t have to do anymore dance-offs which is great, because we don’t have them in the final. It’s not a nice feeling is it?'

Denise
will be appearing in the final, fighting it out for the Glitterball
Trophy, alongside Olympian Louis Smith, Girls Aloud Kimberley Walsh and
Tacey Beaker actress Dani Harmer.